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which_o may_v be_v call_v a_o make_v trinyte_n be_v fulfyl_v in_o mind_n sight_n &_o love_n of_o y_fw-fr e_o unmake_v most_o blessyd_v trynyte_v which_o be_v our_o lord_n this_o be_v the_o dignyte_a the_o state_n &_o the_o worship_n of_o a_o man_n soul_n by_o kind_n of_o the_o first_o make_v this_o state_n thou_o have_v in_o ada_z before_o the_o first_o sin_n of_o man_n but_o when_o ada_z sinned_z chese_v love_n &_o delyte_n in_o himself_o &_o in_o creature_n he_o lose_v all_o his_o worship_n &_o his_o dignyte_n and_o thou_o also_o in_o he_o &_o fall_v fro_o y_o e_o blessyd_v trinyte_n in_o to_o a_o foul_a derke_n wretchyd_v trinyte_n that_o be_v in_o to_o the_o foryeting_a of_o god_n and_o unknow_v of_o he_o and_z in_o to_o a_o best_o like_n of_o himself_o and_o y_z e_z skylful_o for_o as_o david_n layth_v in_o the_o sawter_n homo_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o honore_fw-la esset_fw-la non_fw-la intellexit_fw-la psalmo_fw-la comperatus_fw-la est_fw-la iumentis_fw-la insipientibê_n et_fw-la 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have_v of_o meknes_n somoche_o as_o thou_o have_v of_o charyte_n of_o pacyence_n &_o of_o other_o virtue_n though_o they_o be_v not_o show_v outward_a be_v then_o besye_v to_o gete_a mekenes_n &_o hold_v it_o for_o it_o be_v the_o first_o &_o the_o last_o of_o all_o virtue_n it_o be_v the_o first_o for_o it_o be_v the_o ground_n as_o â—aynt_v austyn_a say_v if_o thou_o think_v for_o to_o build_v a_o high_a house_n of_o virtue_n ordain_v y_fw-mi it_o first_o a_o deep_a ground_n of_o mekenes_n also_o it_o be_v the_o last_o for_z it_o be_v keep_a &_o save_v of_o all_o other_o virtue_n
ghostly_a fire_n as_o is_z y_z t_z love_n of_o god_n bren_v &_o waste_v all_o flesshly_a love_n &_o lykynge_n in_o a_o man_n soul_n and_o this_o fire_n be_v stokyn_n in_o my_o bone_n as_o the_o ê“phete_n say_v of_o himself_o that_o be_v for_o to_o say_v this_o love_v fulfyllyth_a y_o e_o myghte_v of_o my_o soul_n as_o mind_n reason_n and_o will_n of_o grace_n &_o ghostly_a swetnes_n as_o marrow_n fyllyth_v full_a y_fw-mi e_o bone_n &_o y_z t_z within_z and_o not_o wihout_n in_o the_o wytte_n nevertheless_o it_o be_v so_o mighty_a within_o y_o t_o it_o smit_v out_o in_o to_o the_o body_n &_o makyth_v all_o the_o body_n quake_v &_o tremyse_v it_o be_v so_o for_o fro_o the_o bodily_a kind_n &_o so_o unkouth_n y_fw-mi t_z he_o can_v no_o skill_n on_o it_o &_o may_v not_o bear_v it_o but_z fall_v &_o fall_v down_o as_o the_o prophet_n say_v and_o therefore_o our_o lord_n temperith_v it_o &_o withdraw_v the_o fervour_n &_o suffer_v the_o heart_n to_o fall_v in_o to_o a_o sobyrte_n of_o more_o softness_n who_o can_v pray_v thus_o oft_o he_o spede_v soon_o in_o his_o traveyle_n he_o shall_v gete_v more_o of_o virtue_n in_o a_o lytyl_o time_n than_o some_o man_n without_o this_o or_o a_o neither_o as_o good_a shall_v gete_v in_o long_a tyme._n for_o all_o the_o bodily_a penance_n y_o it_o he_o may_v do_v \_o and_o who_o have_v this_o it_o need_v not_o for_o to_o charge_v y_z e_o bodily_a kind_n with_o more_o penance_n than_o it_o berith_v if_o he_o have_v it_o oft_o ¶_o of_o the_o three_o manner_n of_o prayer_n that_o be_v onn_o in_o y_fw-fr e_fw-la herte_fw-la without_o speech_n outward_a caplm_fw-ge xxxii_o the_o three_o manner_n of_o prayer_n be_v onn_o in_o the_o heart_n without_o speech_n by_o grece_z rest_n &_o softness_n of_o y_fw-es e_fw-es bodi_fw-la &_o of_o the_o soul_n a_z clean_a heart_n he_o behove_v to_o have_v that_o shall_v pray_v well_o thus_o for_o it_o be_v of_o such_o man_n &_o wyman_n that_o by_o long_o traveylle_v bodily_a &_o ghostly_a or_o elles_fw-fr by_o such_o sharp_a smytynge_n of_o love_n as_o i_o have_v before_o say_v come_fw-mi into_o rest_n of_o speryte_n so_o that_o her_o affeccyon_n be_v turn_v in_o to_o ghostly_a savour_n that_o they_o mowenygh_fw-mi contynuel_o pray_v in_o her_o heart_n and_o love_n &_o praise_v god_n withowt_n great_a let_v of_o temptacyon_n or_o of_o vanytee_n as_o i_o have_v before_o say_v in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o contemplacyon_n of_o this_o manner_n of_o prayer_n say_v saint_n poule_n thus_o no_o si_fw-la orem_fw-la lingua_fw-la spiritus_fw-la meus_fw-la orat_fw-la xiiii_o mens_fw-la autem_fw-la mesine_fw-la fructu_fw-la est_fw-la quidergo_v orabo_fw-la et_fw-fr spritu_fw-la orabo_fw-la &_o ment_fw-la psallam_fw-la spiritu_fw-la psallam_fw-la &_o ment_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v if_o i_o pray_v with_o my_o tongue_n by_o the_o will_n of_o spirit_n &_o by_o traveyle_n the_o prayer_n be_v medeful_a but_o my_o soul_n be_v not_o feed_v for_o it_o felyth_v not_o the_o fruit_n of_o ghostly_a sweetness_n by_o understond_v what_o shall_v i_o then_o do_v say_v saint_n paul_a and_o he_o answeryth_v &_o say_v i_o shall_v pray_v by_o traveyle_n &_o desire_v of_o the_o spirit_n and_o i_o shall_v pray_v also_o more_o inward_o in_o my_o spirit_n without_o travail_n in_o ghostly_a savour_n &_o swetnes_n of_o the_o love_n &_o y_o e_o sight_n of_o god_n by_o the_o which_o sight_n &_o feeling_n of_o love_n my_o soul_n be_v feed_v thus_o as_o i_o understonde_v saint_n paul_n cowde_o pray_v of_o this_o manner_n of_o prayer_n speak_v our_o lord_n in_o holy_a wrytte_n by_o fygure_n thus_o ¶_o ignis_fw-la in_o altari_fw-la meo_fw-la semê‘_n ardebit_fw-la ê¯_n &_o cotidie_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la surgens_fw-la mane_n subiciet_fw-la ligna_fw-la ut_fw-la ignis_fw-la non_fw-la extinguatur_fw-la this_o be_v for_o to_o say_v the_z tire_v of_o love_n shall_v ever_o be_v light_n in_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o devoute_a &_o clean_a man_n or_o woman_n the_z which_o be_v the_o awter_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o they_o press_v shall_v every_o day_n at_o morn_n lie_v to_o stycke_n &_o norysshe_v the_o fire_n that_o be_v to_o say_v this_o man_n shall_v by_o holy_a psalm_n clean_a thought_n &_o fervent_a desire_n norysshe_v the_o fire_n of_o love_n in_o his_o heart_n that_o it_o go_fw-mi no_o tout_o in_o any_o time_n this_o test_n our_o lord_n yevyth_v to_o some_o of_o his_o servant_n as_o it_o be_v a_o reward_n of_o her_o travail_n and_o a_o shadow_n of_o the_o love_n which_o they_o shall_v have_v in_o y_z e_z bliss_n of_o heaven_n ¶_o how_o man_n shall_v do_v that_o ben_fw-mi traveyl_v with_o vain_a thought_n in_o her_o prayer_n ca._n xxxiii_o but_o now_o see_v thou_o that_o i_o speak_v over_o high_a to_o the_o in_o this_o manner_n of_o prayer_n for_o it_o be_v no_o mastery_n to_o i_o for_o to_o say_v it_o for_z it_o be_v no_o mastery_n to_o i_o say_v that_o thou_o can_v not_o pray_v thus_o devout_o ne_v so_o holy_a in_o heart_n as_o i_o speak_v of_o for_o when_o thou_o will_v have_v y_o e_o mind_n of_o thy_o heart_n upwarde_o to_o god_n in_o thy_o prayer_n thou_o fely_v so_o many_o thought_n in_o vain_a of_o thy_o own_o dede_n before_o do_v or_o what_o thou_o shall_v do_v &_o of_o other_o menens_fw-la dede_n and_o such_o many_o other_o let_v &_o taryengne_n so_o y_o â—_o thou_o may_v neither_o feel_v savour_n ne_o rest_n ne_o devocyon_n in_o thy_o say_n and_o oft_o scythe_n the_o more_o thou_o travayle_v to_o keep_v thy_o heart_n the_o ferder_n it_o be_v fro_o the_o &_o the_o hard_a sometime_o from_o the_o beginning_a to_o the_o last_o end_n that_o the_o think_v it_o be_v but_o lose_v all_o that_o thou_o do_v and_o unto_o this_o that_o thou_o say_v that_o i_o speak_v to_o high_a to_o the_o of_o prayer_n i_o grant_v well_o that_o i_o speak_v otherwise_o than_o i_o can_v or_o may_v do_v nevertheless_o i_o say_v it_o for_o this_o intent_n that_o thou_o sholdee_v know_v how_o we_o ought_v to_o pray_v if_o we_o die_v well_o and_o sythen_a we_o may_v not_o do_v so_o that_z we_o know_v thene_n our_o feblenes_n meke_o and_o cry_v god_n mercy_n our_o lord_n bid_v thus_o himself_o when_o he_o say_v â—diliges_v dnmm_n deum_fw-la tuum_fw-la ex_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n tuo_fw-la mxxii_o ex_fw-la tota_fw-la aina_fw-la tua_fw-la &_o exorimbê°_n viribus_fw-la â—uis_fw-fr thou_o shall_v love_v god_n of_o all_o thin_a heart_n &_o all_o thy_o soul_n &_o all_o thy_o may_v it_o be_v impossible_a to_o any_o man_n for_o to_o fulfylle_v this_o bidding_n so_o full_o as_o it_o be_v say_v lyve_v in_o erche_fw-fr and_o yet_o nevertheke_n our_o lord_n bid_v we_o for_o to_o love_v so_o for_o this_o entenct_n as_o saint_n bernard_v say_v that_o we_o shall_v know_v thereby_o our_o feblenes_n and_o thenne_fw-fr mekely_a cry_n after_o mercy_n and_z we_o â—hal_v have_v it_o nevertheless_o i_o shall_v tell_v the_o as_o i_o thynk_v in_o this_o ask_n what_o thou_o shall_v pray_v make_v thy_o intent_n &_o thy_o wylle_n in_o the_o beginning_a as_o hole_n and_o as_o clean_o 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comfort_v by_o a_o ghostly_a may_v in_o somoche_n that_o it_o be_v turn_v in_o to_o love_n &_o affection_n ghoste_o savour_n &_o swetnes_n in_o to_o light_v and_o know_v of_o sothfastnes_n so_o moche_n that_o for_o the_o time_n the_o point_n of_o thy_o thought_n be_v set_v upon_o no_o thing_n y_o it_o be_v make_v ne_o be_v felyth_v no_o styre_v of_o vain_a glory_n ne_o of_o itself_o neither_o ne_o none_o other_o evil_a affeccyon_n for_z they_o mow_v not_o appear_v that_o time_n but_o onn_o be_v enclose_v rest_v soft_v enoynted_a in_o ihesu_n thenne_fw-fr have_v thou_o somewhat_o of_o ihesu_n not_o he_o as_o he_o be_v but_o a_o shadow_n of_o he_o for_o the_o better_a that_o thou_o fynde_v he_o the_o more_o shall_v thou_o desire_v he_o then_z by_o what_o manner_n prayer_n or_o medytacyon_n or_o occupacyon_n that_o thou_o may_v have_v grette_v &_o clenne_v desire_v to_o he_o &_o have_v moost_n feel_v of_o high_a by_o y_z e_z ocupacyon_n thou_o seche_v he_o best_o &_o best_a fynd_a he_o 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